Soda-water apparatus



(No Model.)

J. ORMBROD.

SGDA WATER APPARATUS.

No. 465,976. Patented Deo. 29, 1891.

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Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ORMEROD, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS,TO THE AMERICAN SODA FOUNTAIN COMPANY, OE NEV JERSEY.

SO DA-WATER APPARATUS.

sPcIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No.' 465,976, dated December29, 1891.

Application filed January 17,1891l Serial No. 378,099. (No model.) l

T all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that l, JOHN ORMEROD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus forCarbonating lVater and other Liquids, of which the following is aspecification.

In the sale of carbonated Water-such as 1s commonly known assoda-water-three general classes of vessels are provided for containingthe same, and each vessel charged with the beverage at a differentpressure. The portable fountains which are employed with dispensingapparatus are usuallycharged with the carbonated water at a pressure ofabout one hundred and eighty pounds to the square inch. Siphons arecharged usually at a pressure of one hundred and fifty pounds to theinch, and bottles at a pressure of about seventy pounds to the inch. Infilling these vessels the manufacturer of soda-water has heretoforeemployed a fountain for each class of vessels maintained at about thepressure which the beverage in the vessel was to have,

so that when a manufacturer of soda-Water charged portable fountains,siphons, and bottles, he Was obliged to have one filling-fountain withthe carbon ated liquid at a pressure of one hundred and eighty pounds, asecond llingfountain with the carbonated beverage at a pressure of.about one hundred and fifty pounds, and a third lling-fountain with apressure 0f about seventy pounds to the inch, and for each of thesefountains separate feed pipes for the gas and water were necessary and amechanical stirrer within the fountain itself to effect the mechanicalmixture of the Water and gas.

The object of my invention is to simplify and reduce the expense of acarbonating apparatus useful for filling either portable fountains,siphons, or bottles; and it consists, primarily,in employing a singlefilling-fountain in which the water-,and carbonio-acid gas aremechanically mixed at a pressure suitable for filling portable fountainsand an' auxiliary fountain or fountains which may be smaller than themain lling-fountain, to which the gas and water already mingled areadmitted from the rst-mentioned fountain, suitable regulators beingprovided so that the oarbonated liquid may be maintained in theauxiliary fountain at the required degree of pressure necessary forfilling either siphons or bottles.

Other features of my invention will appear in the subjoined description,and be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating 6o Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal sec- 6 5 Govern the assafre for the accumulated gas 7o s De e in the top ofthe auxiliary reservoir.

In the drawings, A is the main filling-foun tain, within which islocated an agitator B, which is 'maintained continuously in motion bysuitable mechanism (not shown) to effect the thorough mixture of thewater admitted through the pipe C and the gas admitted through the pipeD. In this main filling fountain the pressure will be maintained atabout one hundred and eighty pounds-the 8o pressure desirable for thebeverage in portable fountains. l

E is a pipe leading from the filling-fountain A to the portablefountain-filling apparatus.

F and G are suitable controlling-cocks located therein.

I-I is an auxiliary fountain of smaller dimensions than the fountain A,and adapted to be putin communication therewith through the pipe I andregulator J.

K is a pipe which leads to the bottle-filling apparatus.

L is a pipe which leads back tothe gasometer and extends into thefountain II forv some distance, being provided in such extension with afloat-valve II', which rises in the lower perforated extension of thepipe L, as the liquid in the fountain\rises until the desired height isreached, when communication vbetween-the gasometer and the auxiliary roofountain Il through the pipe L is closed. This pipe L is also providedwith a regulator M, similar to the regulator J. The regulator J, asshownvin the larger sectional view, Fig. 2, is fitted with a valve N,carried by a spindle O, which is guided in its movement in thevalve-chamber by the collar P, located above the valve N of the width ofthe valve-charnber n, and held to place by the spiral spring Q. Thevalve N, as shown, controls communication between the pipe I and theauxiliary fountain H. The spindle O works in a recess R in the stem S.At the bottom the stem S is screw-threaded, so that by turning it thetension of the spring Qis increased or diminished, thereby regulatingthe point at which the valve will operate.

In Fig. 3 a sectional view is shown of the gas-regulator, and it will beseen that the same is similar in construction to regulator J. Thereforethe same letters of reference have been employed. The pipe L, however,is connected somewhat differently, as shown.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows: During the operation offilling portable fountains at the high pressure, the regulators M and Jmay be closed, so that none of the carbonated liquid will enter theauxiliary reservoir Il. lVhen, however, it is desired to fill bottles,for instance, the regulators .I and M will be turned, so as to opencommunication, respectively, with the main filling fountain A and thegasometer. These regulators, when the auxiliary fountain is used foriilling bottles, arc set so as to operate at the pressure desired--sayfifty pounds-and are so regulated that when the pressure within theauxiliary reservoir II reaches fifty pounds the spring of the regulatorin connection with the pressure in the auxiliary fountain will exactlybalance the pressure from the main filling-fountain A. The regulatorwill then close and remain closed as long as the pressure in thereservoir Il is at or over fifty pounds; but as soon as the pressuretherein falls below that point the pressure from fountain A ,will openthe regulator and admit the carbonated beverage until the pressure againreaches fifty pounds or over. Of course it will be understood that thepressure in the main filling-fountain A is maintained at the same pointby the admission of gas from the generator by the use of a pump or byany other of the usual methods employed to maintain uniform pressure inthe fountain. The automatic action of the regulater .l therefore permitsthe continuous use of the auxiliary fountain II, for at the momentpressure therein is reduced by withdrawing a portion of its contents forlilling purposes at that moment the regulator will open and a furthersupply will be admitted thereto. As the charged fluid enters theauxiliary reservoir a considerable amount of gas will be disengagedtherefrom on account of the reduction in pressure. This gas accumulatesin the upper portion of the reservoir, and whenever it rises above fiftypounds, or at Whatever point the regulator M may be set, it will openthe said regulator and pass back to the gasometer, generator, or anyother vessel at which the pressure is below the pressure in theauxiliary fountain.

Although I have only shown one. auxiliary fountain, it is obvious thatanother auxiliary fountain may be employed, where it is desirable, withthe same apparatus to fill siphons as well as portable fountains andbottles.

I claim-- l. In an apparatus for filling vessels witlra carbonatedliquid, the combination of a mam filling-reservoir containing thecarbonated liquid at a given pressure, an auxiliary filling-fountain incommunication with said main filling-fountain, and a regulator,substantially as set forth.

2. In an apparatus for filling vessels with a carbonated liquid, thecombination of a main filling-reservoir, a mechanical agitator thereinadapted to effect the mechanical mixture of the carbonic acid and wateradmitted thereto, and an auxiliary fountain in communication with saidmain filling-fountain and rcceivin g therefrom the carbonated liquid,and a regulator whereby the pressure may be maintained in the auxiliaryreservoir at any given point, substantially as set forth.

3. In an apparatus for filling vessels with a carbonated liquid, thecombination of a main filling-reservoir maintained at a given pressure,a mechanical agitator therein, an auxiliary filling-fountaincommunicating with said main filling-fountain, a regulator whereby thcpressure may be maintained therein at any given point, and an additionalregulator whereby freed gas may be returned to a gasometcr, generator,or other vessel, substantially as set forth.

4c. In an apparatus for filling vessels with a carbonated liquid,thecombination of a main filling-reservoir maintained at a given pressure,a mechanical agitator therein, an auxiliary fountain communicating withsaid main filling-fountain, an inlet-regulator, a gas-outlet regulator,and a Heat-valve in the latter regulator, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this -3d day of January, 1891.

JOHN ORMEROD. "Witnesses:

EUGENE COURAN, J. A. YOUNG.

